
Strategy has stayed ahead of the analytics industry by combining a simple, intuitive user interface design with high levels of system performance and a virtually unlimited, open approach to database connectivity. Progress® DataDirect®, a Strategy partner, makes it possible for Strategy to connect their platform to new types of data sources, such as Salesforce.com and Hadoop Hive, while preserving their data source agnostic, highperformanc analytics design principles. Strategy gains a competitive
advantage with Progress DataDirect ODBC drivers for Salesforce and Hadoop Hive by adding the popular data sources to their large portfolio of BI platform
configurations and databases.